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Area students are making the grade

Amy C. Defnet, daughter of Jennifer Defnet of Pottstown, has been named to the deanís List at Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.A first-year student, she is a graduate of Pottsgrove High School.

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Heather Pfaff (Ziemba), a graduate of Pottstown High School, has earned the highest credential available to American educators by recently becoming a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Pfaff is also a graduate of Millersville University and Gratz College. She is a teacher at Arnold Elementary School in Anne Arundel County, Md.

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Katherine Thomas, daughter of Michelle and Scott Thomas of Oley, was named to the deanís list at East Stroudsburg University.

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Local residents were among those named to the deanís list at Immaculata University.

Three local residents were among radiography students at Montgomery County Community College inducted into the Pennsylvania Psi chapter of Lambda Nu, the national honor society for the Radiologic and Imaging Sciences.

They are Jonathan Kivlin of Schwenksville,Ianna Rementer of East Greenville and Cynthia Steed of Pottstown.

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Katelyn M. Skokowski, daughter of Andrea Skokowski, was named to the deanís list at West Chester University where she is in her senior year studying health and physical education with a minor in coaching. She is a graduate of Pottsgrove High School.